33. Repeat previous step as often as is necessary. Until you can hear the cries from the cat outside the door.

34. Lay out last sheet of paper. (I know this is difficult in the small area of the toilet. But try your best)

35. Realise cat has already got to the paper. Unlock door go out and hunt through various cupboards, looking for sheet of last years paper, until you remember that you haven't got any left, due to cats help with wrapping last year.

36. Retire back to room lock door, and sit on toilet whilst trying to work out how to make torn sheet of paper look halfway presentable.

37. Seal box, wrap with paper and start repairs by very carefully seal down tears with transparent sticky tape. Now tie up with ribbon and decorate with bows to hide worst effected areas.

38. Label, then sit back and admire your handiwork, congratulating yourself on making good of a bad job.

39. Unlock door, and go to kitchen to make drink and feed cat.

40. Spend next 15 minuets looking for cat, before coming to obvious conclusion.

41. Unwrap present, untie box and remove cat.

42. Retrieve all thrown away sheets of wrapping paper, feed cat and retire back to room for last attempt, making certain you are alone and the door is locked.

43. Find least torn and wrinkled sheets of paper, along with the ones that the pattern matches closet.

44.Vainly try and wrap present in patchwork of paper. Tie with the now tattered ribbon and decorate with the now limp bows. Label and put present in bag, for fear of anyone seeing this disaster.

45. At time of handing over present, smile sweetly at receiver's face, as they try and hide their contempt at being handed such a badly wrapped present.

46. Swear to yourself that next year, you will get the store to wrap the darn thing for you.

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Too funny and too true! My mom is almost 80 and keeps spending alot of time putting fancy decorations and bows on all the gifts she wraps.(my parents live with us) Then she puts them under the tree to the delight of Jack and Maizie who immediately steal the bows. This continues daily as my mom is extremely forgetful and keeps thinking she forgot to put the bows on the packages. It is like groundhog day over and over....LOL

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Too funny and too true! My mom is almost 80 and keeps spending alot of time putting fancy decorations and bows on all the gifts she wraps.(my parents live with us) Then she puts them under the tree to the delight of Jack and Maizie who immediately steal the bows. This continues daily as my mom is extremely forgetful and keeps thinking she forgot to put the bows on the packages. It is like groundhog day over and over....LOL

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I did all my wrapping with Leo on my shoulder. He was very good and I was even in the cat room! I did have to take A break when he hopped of my back and went in his box to do #2 sorry I was sitting next to his potty